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Al-Muizz li-Din Allah al-Fatimi Street (Arabic: شارع المعز لدين الله الفاطمي), or al-Muizz Street for short, is a major north-to-south street in the walled city of historic Cairo, Egypt. It is one of Cairo's oldest streets as it dates back to the foundation of the city (not counting the earlier Fustat) by the Fatimid ...
Cairo ( / ˈkaɪroʊ / ⓘ KY-roh; Arabic: القاهرة, romanized : al-Qāhirah, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [el.qɑ (ː)ˈheɾɑ] ⓘ) is the capital of Egypt and the city-state Cairo Governorate, and is the country's largest city, being home to more than 10 million people. [6]
Talaat Harb Street. Coordinates: 30.048912°N 31.239524°E. Talaat Harb Square. Talaat Harb Street ( Arabic: شارع طلعت حرب pronounced [ˈtˤɑlʕɑt ˈħɑɾb]) is a historic street in downtown Cairo, Egypt, connecting Tahrir Square and Talaat Harb Square.
Nile Corniche. Cairo Metro, Anwar Sadat, Orabi, Gamal Abdel Nasser, and others. The Nile Corniche ( Arabic: كورنيش النيل) [1] is a road that extends along the length of the Nile River in almost all of Egypt 's governorates and is one of the busiest streets in Cairo. It was established in 1955. [2] [3] [4]
Islamic Cairo (Arabic: قاهرة المعز, romanized: Qāhira al-Muʿizz, lit. 'Al-Mu'izz's Cairo'), or Medieval Cairo, officially Historic Cairo (القاهرة التاريخية al-Qāhira tārīkhiyya), refers mostly to the areas of Cairo, Egypt, that were built from the Muslim conquest in 641 CE until the city's modern expansion in the 19th century during Khedive Ismail's rule, namely ...
Cairo's political influence diminishes after the Ottomans supplant Mamluk power over Egypt (1517) Under the Ottomans, Cairo expands south and west from its center around the Citadel. Modern Cairo (1863–present) British invasion (1882) Egypt's independence (1922) Egyptian revolution of 1952. Egyptian revolution of 2011.
Location and history. Qasr El Einy Street is located in downtown Cairo, running parallel to the Cairo Metro Line 1, spanning El Malek El Saleh, El Sayeda Zeinab, Saad Zaghloul and Sadat stations along its length. The street runs NNE from the National Cancer Institute to Tahrir Square, a distance of 2.4 kilometres (1.5 miles).
Downtown Cairo ( Egyptian Arabic: وسط البلد Wust al-Balad, "middle of town") is the colloquial name given to the 19th-century western expansion of Egypt 's capital Cairo, between the historic medieval Cairo, and the Nile, which became the commercial center of the city during the 20th century. [1] Given its rich architectural heritage ...